US 12,226,291 B2
Disposable absorbent article
Pietro Cecchetto, Fairfield, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Jan. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/425,308.
Application 18/425,308 is a continuation of application No. 16/547,843, filed on Aug. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,925,539.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/720,952, filed on Aug. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0164956 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. A61F 13/512 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/472 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/15731 (2013.01) [A61F 13/472 (2013.01); A61F 13/5121 (2013.01); A61F 13/5122 (2013.01); A61F 13/5123 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent article having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis which is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the absorbent article further comprising:
a topsheet;
a backsheet; and
an absorbent system disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet,
wherein the topsheet comprises a material web comprising a film layer and a nonwoven layer, the material web comprising a surface, a plurality of vacuum-formed micro-apertures having an average open area, and a plurality of macro-deformations formed via mechanical deformation, wherein each of the plurality of macro-deformations comprises a sidewall extending in a Z-direction away from the surface and a distal end, wherein the sidewall comprises a first subplurality of micro apertures and the distal end comprises a second subplurality of the micro-apertures that have been expanded but not ruptured via stretching, and wherein a portion of the second subplurality of micro-apertures is larger than the first subplurality of micro-apertures.